Trafford wrote:
Going back to cadence, interesting how a lot of endurance racers ride singlespeed.

Going back to cadence, though not on mountain bikes, I made a deliberate effort to increase my cadence on my Sunday ride this week. Must say that despite doing 13 miles further than I have been doing recently I felt pretty good throughout the ride, though it did become increasing hard work to accelerate as the day went on and I found myself going back to higher gears when higher speeds were needed.

Still it's an experiment which rather surprisingly suggests my physiology isn't so different from everyone else's, will keep trying.